Tokyo 2007: Honda and Toyota get all touchy-feely

Toyota and Honda are getting all touchy-feely at this Tokyo show.</P>
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At Toyota especially they're banging on about people's relationships with their cars. The crazy RiN concept was the centrepiece of this effort; it's supposed to make you feel healthier driving, and even monitors you to point out if you're driving in a way that demonstrates tiredness or stress. And if you slam the door it gets stiffer to stop you doing it.

At Toyota especially they're banging on about people's relationships with their cars. The crazy RiN concept was the centrepiece of this effort; it's supposed to make you feel healthier driving, and even monitors you to point out if you're driving in a way that demonstrates tiredness or stress. And if you slam the door it gets stiffer to stop you doing it.

The whole thing is ludicrous. I actually got stressed and angry thinking that someone had wasted our time by putting it on display.

Nissan's Puyo calmed me down a bit. Puyo is a bit of Japanese onomatopoeia that means to touch something soft. Its a squidgy car made from recycled silicon. Completely bonkers, of course, but it made me laugh.